LEE MORGAN, and the years 1938 to 1972 - the measure of a life cut tragically short. On a recent afternoon, the winter sun cast stark shadows across his grave marker, which has a trumpet engraved beneath his name, EDW. Lee Morgan's final resting place is a hillside plot in a modest cemetery in Bucks County, brushing up against the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Nearly 50 years later, one fan discovered that Morgan's resting place seemed to have vanished. At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol.Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, tragedy cutting short the life and career of the prolific and celebrated jazz musician.1 ( Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers, 1955) The Music From 'The Connection' ( Freddie Redd, 1960).Mobley's Message ( Hank Mobley, Prestige, 1956).Pithecanthropus Erectus ( Charles Mingus, 1956).To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992).Bird Songs: The Final Recordings ( Dizzy Gillespie, 1992).2 Guitars ( Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957).Back to the Tracks ( Tina Brooks, 1960).Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957).Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957).A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957).Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57).Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 ).Hard Bop ( Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers, 1956).Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957).One Night with Blue Note Preserved Volume 2 (1985).The Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH): Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet. The Trumpet Summit: Study and Analysis of Five Significant Jazz Trumpet Players in the 20th Century. 'A short history of… 'Ceora' (Lee Morgan, 1965)'. ' 'Cornbread': Lee Morgan's Tasty Blue Note Classic'. ^ 'Lee Morgan cooked up a classic with 'Cornbread' '.The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). 'Ill Wind' ( Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 7:59.Track listing Īll compositions by Lee Morgan, except where noted. The track 'Ceora' has become widely considered a jazz standard. Though somewhat overshadowed by the commercial success of Morgan's previous album, The Sidewinder, and the artistic ambition of Search For The New Land, Cornbread is nevertheless noted as an example of Morgan's graduation to 'formidable' jazz composer status, as well as confirming his reputation as an exemplary trumpet player.

Recorded in September 1965 but released on the Blue Note label in early 1967, the album features performances by Morgan, along with sidemen Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, and Larry Ridley. Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New JerseyĬornbread is an album by American jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan.

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